the cooler master nr200 big features small size and i feel like that's an
understatement this case surprised me in so many ways
because cool master in the past has been quite disappointing
but with the nr200 and the nr200p i feel like nothing is really missing
and they've really nailed the design the price point the
feature set with this case they put out some serious
competition versus the end case m1 for example and the entire
experience here has been almost flawless i put on my
regular itx machine in there with the rtx 2060 super
and sfx power supply and my 9600k i'm using the new galahad all-in-one
coolers from lee lee the 240 ones that i can mount on the side the nr200 is not
exactly compact for an itx space it's still 18
liters it's still bigger than my corsair one
and it's about a third of the size of your regular mid tower so if you've been
looking for an itx experience but didn't exactly want to gravitate towards
something that is 200 plus the nr200 is for you because
the price point is absolutely a banger you're looking at 79
for the nr 200 and 999 for the nr200p i will outline the differences later but
should this be your next itx compact enclosure let's find out
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quality and i'm happy that for 79 cooler master did not cut any corners so
we do have an entirely steel body no aluminum here but that would
skyrocket the price anyway i have the white model here and the only color
accent are the feet which are gray they are removable and
cooler master provides 3d printing templates so you can 3d
print your own and replace the stock feed i find it really cool
and we also have a plastic top panel which is also gray
trying to mix things up so it's not that boring white enclosure the io is up top
here with the cooler master power reset switches
uh two usb 3 ports and your combo audio jack
all of the panels are toolless and we have this dual peg system
where one of the sides on the side panel kind of sits inside the frame
and the side panels can actually just hang off the little ledge there
while the opposite side has dual pegs making installation super easy
the only thing they cheaped out on are all the dust filters which are magnetic
and they basically cover the entire case the top
both sides and the bottom two but they're generic and not the high
density high performance mesh type now the interior is super interesting
because we have a variety of configurations available this case
supports really long graphics cards cpus up to 155 millimeters a 280 mm
radiator on the side or a 240 at the bottom as for exact
storage locations we have two ssd mounts behind the front panel then you can
mount either an ssd or a hard drive on top of the
power supply cage and also mount the hard drive on this side radiator bracket
which by the way can support dual 120s or 140mm fans
with their respective radiators and finally sfx or sfx l power supplies are
supported the one odd thing that popped into my mind was that 155 millimeter cpu
tower clearance because on their website you can clearly see they're using the
hyper 212 evo which is around 158 millimeters so i decided to try my own
mounted that on my motherboard and put that inside the enclosure
and yes it does fit no problems with the side panel
closing the tempered glass panel closes just fine as well
and the only thing here is that you cannot install the side
fan radiator bracket if your cpu tower clearance
is higher than 155 millimeters so they should put a massive asterisk there
to clarify what this 155 millimeters is really about
and that in fact you can mount up to 158 159 millimeter cpu towers in here for
gpus we have triple horizontal pci slots which is fantastic for massive
oversized graphics cards that will just fit into that bottom chamber
but we also have the dual vertical pci slots which
expands your configuration potential that's really the only advantage of
getting the nr200p because not only do you get the tempered
glass side panel and the second 120 mm top exhaust fan because
the irregular nr200 just comes with a single top exhaust and
by the way they both come with a 92 millimeter fan that you can mount at the
back in case you're not using the vertical
pci slots but that's really where the n200p shines because we have
a very short riser cable included that you can use
when you go with a vertical gpu really the advantage here with the vertical gpu
mount is the opening up of all that space at
the bottom for a really thick radiator with fans this also gives you an
opportunity to hide all your cable masks because the graphics card depending on
its length will cover both the motherboard and the
power supply and the exiting cables from the power supply will not interfere or
bump into gpu as you would with if your graphics card
is just mounted directly into the motherboard and that brings us to the
power supply mount and there are plenty so not only do we have little height
adjustment for either sfx or sfxl mount but you can
also reposition the entire power supply bracket to the
front of the enclosure and this opens up a little bit more area beside the
motherboard if you wish but it does block the front
of that side radiator mount the one conflicting part about the n200p however
is that the tempered glass side panel doesn't really complement
the vertical gpu mount not only will you choke the gpu
but also you're removing any potential for additional airflow because the side
radiator bracket i mean there's no point of installing it if you have a tempered
glass side panel so the most ideal configuration would be
the nr200 without the p the one really cool thing about the top panel and the
included fan or fans depending on which case you get
is that not only do we have a guard there so no cables will
be eaten by those blades but the actual mount is also toolless
so you can simply push them into the rubber pegs and they stay securely in
place so the full airflow potential here is
actually pretty decent two fans up top two on the side two the bottom and one
for the rear just keep in mind that this is an itx
system after all so if you are trying to max out
all the fan slots get a fan controller or many many splitters
now a few things to keep in mind if you're in the sfx l position for the
power supply it will block the top front fan from
having clearance because it does interfere with that
power cable and while i appreciate the inclusion of these velcro straps all
around the power supply cage you do have to spend some time making
sure to clean them up and so they don't exit
and bump into your graphics card which is why i had to raise my sfx power
supply into the sfx l position granted i am
using thicker braided cables so when they do exit
they cover quite a bit of area but routing everything else was super simple
i appreciate the bundled front i o cables so they stay in their housing so
you have to plug them individually for power reset and all that stuff
and also the usb 3 cable is purple all right
finally when the system was assembled fortunately i wasn't frustrated
dealing with all the cables because the case is fairly large you can get
to the places and because the radiator is on the bracket you can simply remove
it do all your cables and put it back in
place just make sure that no cables are touching the fan
blades i'm really excited to use this for my future
small downsized desktop pc that isn't for gaming but for work only
i was gonna use the nzxt h1 because of its towering form factor
and really good cpu temperature but the cooling on this thing is incredible at
stock configuration you can see both cpu and gpu are completely under control
removing all the side panels you can see the barrier for airflow isn't that
significant which is great i am only using the one
top exhaust fan like you would find on the nr200
but removing it does increase our gpu temperature quite significantly i then
added the fan at the bottom as intake to help with gpu cooling
but that actually didn't do anything and then putting that to exhaust
that was a big mistake as you can see the gpu temperature really just
maxed out there for me and the last thing i did was remove the side dust
filter where the radiator is exhausting air
and you can see our cpu temperature improved by two degrees
and we dropped one degree on the gpu this means we have a lot of cooling
potential inside this enclosure which is fantastic a 240 or even a 280
ml rad for the cpu should be plenty and the gpu has a lot of breathing room
now when i compare this torch test with the nzxt h1
which has a 140mm all-in-one cooler it does run hotter on the cpu that's
understandable but look at that gpu temperature the
side ventilation is just not enough while the erytx from practice design is
an embarrassment it's just a hot box here so performance
wise the nr200 with the included 120mm fan for the top
is absolutely enough and you don't need additional fans in there
and so out out-of-the-box cooling is phenomenal i would say this case is
large enough and comfortable enough to do custom loops and really the only
thing that i would say is kind of a concern for me of having
this case on my desk is the airflow because it's exhausting
everything from the side which means that if it's on my right side
i can feel all that air coming in which is why it's facing the other way right
now maybe in winter when things are at load
it's gonna be a nice little heater but something to keep in mind still cool
master has redeemed themselves in the itx space and we haven't given
out an award in a while but the nr200 deserves the hardware
canucks damn good and them good value awards if you're
into the itx direction and you find this pick one up all right guys i'm deleting
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